# How to count total Qty in sales/Purchase invoices **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 8, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651 "2019-10-08T10:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hd2flex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/hd2flex/32/21250_2.png) [@hd2flex](https://forum.manager.io/u/hd2flex)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/1 "2019-10-08T10:06:06Z")
How to count total Qty in sales/Purchase invoices. ---
**Author:** ![Joe91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/joe91/32/35781_2.png) [@Joe91](https://forum.manager.io/u/Joe91)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/2 "2019-10-08T10:09:38Z")
You can’t. And in many cases it would make no sense - imagine if you sold/bought 5 Kgs of apples and 300 paper clips so the total quantity is 305! ---
**Author:** ![hd2flex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/hd2flex/32/21250_2.png) [@hd2flex](https://forum.manager.io/u/hd2flex)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/3 "2019-10-08T10:12:58Z")
@Joe91 - Joe i sold 10 items with different qty so now i want invoice total qty. ---
**Author:** ![Joe91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/joe91/32/35781_2.png) [@Joe91](https://forum.manager.io/u/Joe91)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/4 "2019-10-08T10:54:21Z")
Not possible - search the forum, this has been asked many times and the answer is always the same ---
**Author:** ![hd2flex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/hd2flex/32/21250_2.png) [@hd2flex](https://forum.manager.io/u/hd2flex)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/5 "2019-10-08T12:10:09Z")
Ok thanks @Joe91 ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/6 "2019-10-08T13:40:03Z")
@hd2flex, please do not double-post your questions. ---
**Author:** ![hd2flex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/hd2flex/32/21250_2.png) [@hd2flex](https://forum.manager.io/u/hd2flex)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/7 "2019-10-08T17:30:05Z")
Ok @Tut ---
**Author:** ![Eagle5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/eagle5/32/9757_2.png) [@Eagle5](https://forum.manager.io/u/Eagle5)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/8 "2019-10-09T02:11:14Z")
It is in theory possible using some of the more advanced features of Liquid (which is the templating language used for Manager’s custom themes), but as @Joe91 pointed out, in most cases it would be meaningless. If you _really_ need to do it, hire a local programmer, or learn how to use Liquid. ---
**Author:** ![minty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@minty](https://forum.manager.io/u/minty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/9 "2019-10-09T10:23:05Z")
It depends on the nature of the business, I want the same thing as I only charge out time using billable hours. The company that I supply labour to has asked for a total number of hours charged to show on the invoice. It would be good if there was a check box to tick or untick to show or hide total qty when you create the invoice. ---
**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/how-to-count-total-qty-in-sales-purchase-invoices/24651/10 "2023-01-18T14:49:27Z")
Closed on January 18, 2023, 2:49pm UTC